Concealed Weapons Archives

Shooting Down Gun Laws

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

By Joel McNally
Milwaukee officials united behind a major new effort to reduce the devastation caused by handguns in Wisconsin until, inexplicably, some of those same officials began negotiating against themselves.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Police Chief Ed Flynn and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm put together an impressively coordinated campaign against handgun violence after tracing […]

Watch Video: WAVE Responds to “Open Carry” Gun Picnic In Green Bay

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

FOX 11 WLUK-TV interviewed WAVE’s Executive Director, Jeri Bonavia on Aug. 8th about an “open carry” picnic in Green Bay, as gun proponents continue to preach the wrong message that our communities need more easy access to lethal guns.
The opposite is true: Wisconsin, and our nation, needs stronger and effective gun laws, such […]

Yet another study finds no evidence that shall issue CCW laws have any beneficial effect in reducing murder rates.

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Regression to the Mean, Murder Rates, and Shall-Issue Laws
Patricia Grambsch
The relationship between state murder rates and the liberalization of conditions under which a citizen can obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon (shall-issue laws) is controversial and important for policy. Many analyses have been done during the last decade, but regression to the mean […]

New Study Finds that Carrying a Gun Increases Likelihood of Being Shot During an Assault

Friday, August 7th, 2009

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Press Release).
PHILADELPHIA – In a first-of its-kind study, epidemiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that, on average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to […]

Tell Senators Feingold and Kohl To Oppose A National Hidden Handgun Law!

Friday, July 10th, 2009

July 2009
Call Your U.S. Senators Today! Ask Them to Oppose S. 845.
Last month we told you about guns in National Parks. This month it’s guns everywhere…
Dangerous legislation is pending in the U.S. Senate.
States currently have the power and authority to determine their own carrying concealed weapons (CCW) policies, but, if passed, S. 845, the […]

What the Gun Industry and the NRA Don’t Want You To Know

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

For too long, the gun industry has prevented us from passing common sense legislation that would save lives.
Read this article, What the Gun Industry and the NRA Don’t Want You To Know, by Tom Diaz to learn more.
Mr Diaz was our guest at the event we held this month. Thank […]

Concealed Weapons for Retired Cop Spurs Debate

Monday, June 9th, 2008

A Wisconsin Public Radio report by Gil Halsted interviewed Jeri Bonavia on Friday, June 6, 2008:

A Wisconsin gun control group is reacting to Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen’s decision Wednesday to issue a concealed weapons permit to a retired state justice department employee. A spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Anti - Violence Effort […]

Badger State is One of Two Remaining Holdouts Barring Hidden Firearms

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Listen to Wave Executuve Director, Jeri Bonavia, in an interview with Shawn Johnson, broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio on December 28, 2006.

WAVE Quoted in Capital Times Editorial

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Editorial: Fighting fires with gasoline
October 9, 2006
The recent outbreaks of gun violence - including the shooting of a school principal in Wisconsin - have been so horrific that everyone is looking for solutions.
Everyone, that is, except state Rep. Frank Lasee.
The Bellevue Republican is looking for ways to make things worse. And he has found […]

WAVE Responds to Rep. Lasee’s Warped Plan to Arm Teachers

Monday, October 9th, 2006

WAVE: Wis. State Rep. Lasee Exploits Tragic School Shootings to Promote His Extremist ProGun Agenda
10/5/2006 4:20:00 PM
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To: State Desk
Contact: Jeri Bonavia, 414-351-9283 or 414-510-7594 (cell); Web: http://www.waveedfund.org
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ — Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Executive Director Jeri Bonavia released the following statement today in response to State Rep. Frank Lasee’s warped plan […]